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We recently concluded 50 episodes of our podcast, #ThoughtSpace, covering a diverse range of conversations with leading experts on policy issues and challenges. In the coming few weeks, we will relaunch this platform in a brand new avatar.
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A Ram Rajya which needs a glorious #RamTemple as its symbol is a very limiting conception of India: Shyam Saran writes, independence struggle bound us in a shared sense of citizenship..Gandhi's Ram Rajya was an embodiment of this idea of India @bsindia cprindia.org/sites/default/f…
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If #Taiwan is not to go #Tibet's way, #India must do its part to help Taiwan reinforce its defences and self-governing status: @Chellaney writes.
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We are delighted to present @CPR_India's annual report for 2022-23. Read more to find out key highlights of our work:
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If the PLA can attempt a military action at a well-held place like Yangtse ridge, no place on the #LAC is now safe from its designs: @SushantSin writes on Indo-China #BorderCrisis in @Telegraph #indiachinaclash #IndiaChinaBorder
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Since the #Ladakh crisis began, trade between #India and #China has reached record highs. India is the biggest recipient of grants from the #Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: @SushantSin writes in @ForeignPolicy
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[WATCH] 'It is the standard Chinese playbook to blame the other side & brand them as the aggressor' @Chellaney says ' #China believed they could replicate the South China Sea model in #Ladakh, but India will not back down' #indiachinastandoff @CNBCTV18Live cnbctv18.com/videos/india/in…
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#Budget2023 comes against the backdrop of a prolonged border crisis, renewed focus on the Indo-Pacific strategy & the #UkraineWar. Analysing allocations to defence, @SushantSin points: bulk of India's defence expenditure is going towards pensions & salaries #Budget #UnionBudget
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.@CPRUrban in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective is launching the 2nd round of 'Writing Urban India Fellowship' for early stage researchers to advance publishable writing on urbanisation in India.
Applications open soon. Stay Tuned!
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India has crossed 100,000 #COVID19 positive cases & 100,000 daily tests. As states begin to ease lockdown measures, what do we really know about the spread of #coronavirus? Access data analysis & blog by Partha Mukhopadhyay- the graph will be updated daily bit.ly/3e96x6a
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@manojkjhadu says, ‘Parliamentary questions are an indicator of the seriousness of the government. Out of 100 questions in the parliament right now, not even a single question addresses migration’
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Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management, Government of Tamil Nadu, @ptrmadurai at #CPRDialogues2022
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.@CPR_India is delighted to welcome @SushantSin who joins as Senior Fellow. Singh was a lecturer in polsci at @Yale & Dep Editor,@IndianExpress,reporting on strategic affairs, national security & international affairs. He has also served in the Indian Army cprindia.org/sushant-singh-j…
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There’s a clear strategic nexus between China and Pakistan. That nexus is clearly designed to contain India, to pin India down and keep it preoccupied. That’s the Chinese strategic aim: @Chellaney tells @FinancialTimes ft.com/content/b505d504-6447…
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[WATCH]: #CPRDialogues2020 Full video of the discussion on 'Rights in Times of AI: Emerging Technologies & the Public Law Framework' ft @ShashiTharoor, @MadKhosla ( @AshokaUniv) @SmritiParsheera ( @nipfp_org_in) & @ananth1148. @ThePrintIndia bit.ly/2W8fA1b
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In 2022, India will return to where it was in 2019 in terms of economic size, while China, Vietnam and Bangladesh will all be bigger than in 2019. Bangladesh & Vietnam will have a higher per capita income than India, @EmergingRoy writes @bsindia cprindia.org/sites/default/f…
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#PressRelease: @UNICEFIndia and @CPR_SCIFI initiative at @CPR_India in collaboration with the @PRDeptOdisha and @districtadmndkl stride towards district wide approach for Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) in the District, Dhenkanal cprindia.org/unicef-sci-fi-i…
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'#DalaiLama symbolises Indian leverage over a core issue of #China–Tibet. He is India’s strategic asset' @Chellaney says, India must help to find, appoint & protect the next Dalai Lama by following instructions of the present Dalai Lama @moneycontrolcom moneycontrol.com/news/trends…
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India now holds more annual military exercises with the US, overtaking Russia as the largest arms seller to India. New Delhi wishes to further deepen its ties with Washington. But such cooperation cannot be exclusionary: @Chellaney writes. @IndianExpress newindianexpress.com/opinion…
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We are delighted to welcome @RohanV to @CPR_India as an Editorial Consultant!
At CPR, Rohan will work with the communications team to build editorial outputs that will make policy discussions accessible to a wider audience cprindia.org/people/rohan-ve…
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' #China moved troops to occupy areas where not only Indian & Chinese claim lines overlapped but also where there was no dispute' @Chellaney on #galwanvalleyclash #IndiaChinaFaceOff @businessinsider businessinsider.in/defense/n…
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A big thank you from all of us at @cpr_india for making #CPRDialogues2022 so memorable! We hope to continue these conversations and look forward to engaging more with you!
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.@CPR_India is delighted to welcome @EmergingRoy who joins as Senior Visiting Fellow. Roy is Managing Director at @ODIdev. He was formerly the Director & CEO of @nipfp_org_in. He has also worked as an Economic Diplomat & Policy Advisor at @UNDP cprindia.org/dr-rathin-roy-j…
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The US should seek to drive a wedge in the #China-#Russia axis, instead of becoming a bridge that unites them. The deepening China-Russia entente is perhaps the biggest US foreign-policy failure of the post-Cold War era: @Chellaney writes @thehill thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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Opening too many fronts simultaneously through its aggressive actions, CCP has already dented #China’s image, alienated partners & provoked an international backlash, thus leaving Beijing with only one lever of power—brute force, writes @Chellaney @thehill thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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If #Taiwan is not to go #Tibet's way, #India must do its part to help Taiwan reinforce its defences and self-governing status: @Chellaney writes.
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The efficacy of US sanctions has been eroding with the relative decline of American power; evidence suggests that such measures have often proved counterproductive to America’s own economic & geopolitical interests: @Chellaney writes. #RussianUkrainianWar thehill.com/opinion/national…
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'Instead of blaming contractors, probe role of DJB officials': Arkaja Singh on sewer workers deaths in Lajpat Nagar bit.ly/2vVhRzO
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How India Voted- Making Sense of #2019GeneralElection: Watch the video of presn by @NeelanjanSircar @rahul_tverma & disc ft. @_YogendraYadav @ShekharGupta @VanditaMishraIE @tariqthachil @samzsays & Yamini Aiyar & read CPR Faculty's analysis of #Verdict2019 bit.ly/2EFUjCB
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As long as #XiJinping perceives strategic benefits as outweighing international costs, he will persist with his campaign of expansionism: @Chellaney on how #China’s expansionism has entered a dangerous phase @japantimes japantimes.co.jp/opinion/202…
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The absence of #Census and household consumer expenditure survey data has reduced #policymaking in India to shooting in the dark: writes Harish Damodaran in @IndianExpress
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India can argue from a legal standpoint that Pakistan's use of terrorism fundamentally changes the essential basis of the treaty. As the upstream country, India could also unilaterally decide to withdraw from the treaty' @Chellaney on the #IndusWaterTreaty bit.ly/2BRowgJ
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We are deeply saddened by the demise of Mr Keshav Desiraju. He was an integral part of the @CPR_India family and his work has inspired generations of scholars at the Centre. His passing is an immeasurable loss to us. Our condolences to his family. cprindia.org/news/10007
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#XiJinping has picked a border fight that he cannot win, and transformed a conciliatory India into a long-term foe:@Chellaney writes, the price #China will pay for Xi’s mistake will far outweigh the perceived benefits of some stealthy land grabs @ProSyn project-syndicate.org/commen…
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'Politicians are not very worried about public service delivery like education & healthcare access. But they take direct benefit transfers (DBT) & cash transfers seriously' said @EmergingRoy at #CPRDialogues2020. Watch the full discussion on govt spending bit.ly/2w10Ab2
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The US should seek to drive a wedge in the #China-#Russia axis, instead of becoming a bridge that unites them. The deepening China-Russia entente is perhaps the biggest US foreign-policy failure of the post-Cold War era: @Chellaney writes @thehill thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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We are delighted to welcome Professor C. Raj Kumar to the @CPR_India Governing Board. Professor Raj Kumar is an accomplished legal scholar and the Founding Vice Chancellor of @JindalGlobalUNI
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CPR is pleased to announce the findings of the first ever nation-wide survey on rural healthcare, published in a groundbreaking paper—Two Indias: The structure of primary health care markets in rural Indian villages with implications for policy cprindia.org/press-release-f… [THREAD]
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'India has to start imposing costs on #China. #ChineseAppsBlocked could be a warning in that direction. We need a fundamental shift in our Chinese policy' @Chellaney calls for economic distancing from China in an interview with @themojo_in @BDUTT piped.video/watch?v=y5ynPE2J…
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As warning shot across #China’s bow India should rescind 2006 decision allowing China to reopen consulate in Kolkata. That decision was made despite Beijing’s refusal to let India reopen its Lhasa consulate, says @Chellaney on #indiachinastandoff @SCMPNews scmp.com/week-asia/politics/…
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By seeking to start the world’s next big conflict with India, #XiJinping is likely to end up pushing that country closer to the US & creating an adversarial bloc around #China: @Chellaney on Chinese expansionism & #IndiaChinaStandoff @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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There’s a clear strategic nexus between China and Pakistan. That nexus is clearly designed to contain India, to pin India down and keep it preoccupied. That’s the Chinese strategic aim: @Chellaney tells @FinancialTimes ft.com/content/b505d504-6447…
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A $5-trillion economy cannot afford a tawdry colonial system of budgeting, which the coloniser has long discarded:@EmergingRoy on the need to modernise India's fiscal & budgetary processes & institutions @bsindia cprindia.org/wp-content/uplo…
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How does #Budget2023 fare against the backdrop of a fiscal crisis due to the inability to increase revenues? @EmergingRoy analyses, to reduce #FiscalDeficit and increase capital spending, total expenditure has had to be cut owing to this fiscal crisis #BudgetSession #UnionBudget
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#47YearsOfCPR: @CPR_India completes 47 years today! Here are Dr Meenakshi Gopinath, Ambassador Shyam Saran & @AiyarYamini taking us through CPR’s journey over the years, our core values, the future and more! Stay tuned for more such insights piped.video/watch?v=pPcssWPK…
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From breaking Beijing's binding commitment to #HongKong's autonomy & attempting to police waters off Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands to picking border fight with India, #XiJingping has pushed boundaries: @Chellaney on #China's aggression @NAR asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin…
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America's exit has opened the path for an opportunistic China to make strategic inroads into #Afghanistan & deepen its penetration of Pakistan, Iran & Central Asia:@Chellaney writes, US military exit is likely to become Beijing's strategic gain @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin…
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'While India maintained spl rights & privileges for its part of #Kashmir for 65 yrs, Pak systematically assimilated regions it occupies incl thru demographic change' @Chellaney says Pak treated it as its colony exploiting its mineral & water wealth bit.ly/2ZCUWp5 @RT_com
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'India- #Pakistan hyphenation has been resurrected' Shyam Saran on India’s coping strategy:
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-Treat Pak as just another state. bit.ly/2QmULOa @thetribunechd
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The next edition of our 50th anniversary special lecture series #InTheCentre, features a special conversation between @pbmehta and @AiyarYamini. Join us next Thursday, January 11 at 5pm
Register here: cprindia.org/events/in-the-c…
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Today our former colleague @bibekdebroy, Professor at CPR between 2007-2014, became part of history. An Economist, a Sanskritist & much more, he would wryly smile at this bypassing of character limit. We condole & grieve, but also remember & celebrate a life well lived.
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'Sardesai has provided material for academics to formulate a precise model to analyse indian voting behaviour' CPR Fellow, @rahul_tverma reviews @sardesairajdeep's book, 2019: How #Modi Won India. @IndiaToday bit.ly/2OJmHbP
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'On a political level, #China-India relations will not be the same again' @Chellaney describes the fatal escalation as a 'watershed moment' #indiachinastandoff theguardian.com/world/2020/j…
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With #Biden willing to give #China a pass on its expansionist policies, the risk is growing that #XiJinping will make Taiwan his next target after his regime’s success in swallowing Hong Kong:@Chellaney writes. @thehill thehill.com/opinion/white-ho…
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.@CPRUrban in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective has launched the 2nd round of 'Writing Urban India Fellowship' for early stage researchers to advance publishable writing on urbanisation in India.
Apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
#ApplyNow #AcademicTwitter
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"It is past time India sheds its risk aversion to build leverage over China. A calibrated imposition of progressively escalating costs has become imperative": @Chellaney writes in @timesofindia
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The link between the size of the economy and prosperity is tenuous: @EmergingRoy analyses in @bsindia
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India has moved closer to the US, but US policies have pushed Russia closer to China, Pakistan & Taliban: @Chellaney bit.ly/2riVe5x
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Meet @ptrmadurai, Minister of Finance and Human Resources Management, Government of Tamil Nadu at #CPRDialogues2022
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Presenting the 2nd lecture in our 50th Anniversary Lecture Series ‘In the Centre’
‘Violence, Order and the Indian State’ by Devesh Kapur
On 12 July, 2023. 5pm
Know more about the lecture here: cprindia.org/events/a-50th-a…
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'Bite by bite, #China has been eating away at Indian borderlands' @Chellaney on #IndiaChinaFaceOff @gettleman @nytimes nytimes.com/2020/09/08/world…
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#XiJinping appears to have underestimated New Delhi's capacity to fight back: @Chellaney writes, #Tibet's shadow will only grow longer over #ChinaIndia relations in the coming years @NAR #IndiaChinaFaceOff asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin…
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#DidYouKnow: Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia was the first woman to join @CPR_India in September 1984 #47YearsOfCPR
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There's a certain disadvantage India is incurring. By vacating occupation of Kailash range heights, India is giving up its bargaining chip. How will we compel China to pull back from elsewhere? @Chellaney tells @Parikshitl @CNBCTV18Live #IndiaChinaStandoff cnbctv18.com/videos/india/in…
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Without a well-defined Indo-Pacific policy approach under #Biden,backed by political resolve & strategic heft,#China’s expansionism will destabilise the region further,with Taiwan likely to be its next target after Hong Kong,writes @Chellaney @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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#China is set to emerge as the real winner of the #NATO-#Russia conflict. An overstretched America’s renewed preoccupation with European security will create strategic space for China to press its strategic objectives: @Chellaney writes. @ProSyn project-syndicate.org/commen…
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India should be seeking to mitigate the burdens of a treaty that carries no benefits for it but which emboldens Pakistan’s sponsorship of cross-border terrorism: @Chellaney writes. @timesofindia timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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By seeking to start the world’s next big conflict with India, #XiJinping is likely to end up pushing that country closer to the US & creating an adversarial bloc around #China: @Chellaney on Chinese expansionism & #IndiaChinaStandoff @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Join us this Friday for a special talk on 'Historicising Indian Smart Cities' featuring @persistara. This talk will be moderated by Dr Marie-Helene Zerah.
Details Below
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Militarisation of the border by #China will not be reversed: @Chellaney says, India is retreating further back from areas that were undisputed & under its exclusive patrolling jurisdiction @IndiaToday @gauravcsawant #IndiaChinaFaceOff #Ladakh indiatoday.in/programme/indi…
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'By occupying unoccupied areas, #China has put a halt to India’s patrolling of those areas & built positions overlooking Indian defences' @Chellaney on #GalwanValleyFaceOff & #pangonglake @livemint livemint.com/companies/news/…
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"Biden, rather than working to deter and thwart a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan, is seeking to shield his tentative rapprochement with China" @Chellaney writes in @thehill
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Disaster in #Afghanistan is unfolding just the way top US generals had forewarned in the event of a hurried US exit. But #Biden overruled them in April & ordered all US troops home:@Chellaney writes, now, the chickens are coming home to roost @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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The small US force could've been easily sustained with relatively modest cost & little risk to American lives:@Chellaney writes, #Biden refused to heed any advice suggesting caution or developing a transition plan for Afghan forces @thehill #Afghanistan thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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On India's action of removing special status of #JammuKashmir @Chellaney highlights that the decision was driven not just by domestic factors, but by US President #DonaldTrump’s looming Faustian bargain with the Pakistan-reared Afghan Taliban @globeandmail tgam.ca/2M5NFuK
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Pointing that China’s strategy is to attack India’s weak points & stymie its rise to the extent possible, @Chellaney writes, the constitutional change through abrogating #Article370 can help India to more ably counter the China-Pakistan nexus @Openthemag bit.ly/2MBsSj1
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As #SaudiArabia accuses #Canada of interfering in its internal matters, @Chellaney highlights their role in spreading Wahhabi Islamism around the world, proving that the Saudi appeal to the principle of non-interference is a farce.
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[EVENT]: Book Discussion on '2019: How #Modi Won India' by @sardesairajdeep ft the author, Pradeep Chhibber, @rahul_tverma & Yamini Aiyar. Monday, 6 Jan, 4-5.30 PM, Conference Hall, CPR, Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri. RSVP: president.cpr@cprindia.org bit.ly/2QA9B0E
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The small US force could've been easily sustained with relatively modest cost & little risk to American lives:@Chellaney writes, #Biden refused to heed any advice suggesting caution or developing a transition plan for Afghan forces @thehill #Afghanistan thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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#XiJinping has picked a border fight that he cannot win, and transformed a conciliatory India into a long-term foe:@Chellaney writes, the price #China will pay for Xi’s mistake will far outweigh the perceived benefits of some stealthy land grabs @ProSyn project-syndicate.org/commen…
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The US should seek to drive a wedge in the #China-#Russia axis, instead of becoming a bridge that unites them. The deepening China-Russia entente is perhaps the biggest US foreign-policy failure of the post-Cold War era: @Chellaney writes @thehill thehill.com/opinion/internat…
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Inequality is now viewed as the central problem of our times but there is little that the policy toolbox offers to address it: @EmergingRoy writes about returning to structuralist macroeconomics for unleashing India's growth @bsindia
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Announcement of Yamini Aiyar as the new President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research bit.ly/2iELmAX
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On behalf of everyone at CPR, thank you to all who attended the #CPRDialogues2020. We hope attendees had an amazing time engaging in critical conversations, debates, and discussions. It was indeed a successful event and we hope to keep hearing from you all!
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By rehearsing amphibious & air attacks, #China has displayed a readiness to seize #Taiwan by force:@Chellaney writes, Taiwan’s fall would significantly advance China’s hegemonic ambitions in Asia @thehill thehill.com/opinion/national…
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Our role as #women leaders is not just to break glass ceilings and become presidents, but also to ensure that policy discourse is genuinely inclusive and responsive: @AiyarYamini spoke to @CFR_org on why #ThinkTanks are critical to Indian Policymaking
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Not just land grabs but #China is also working on water grabs- Mekong river is one such example. By building giant dams on international rivers that start in #Tibet, China is becoming Asia's upstream water controller: says @Chellaney @TimesNow timesnownews.com/videos/time…
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US needs its allies more than ever so that, in seeking to address international challenges, its power is augmented with that of its allies & strategic partners. Asian power equilibrium cannot be built without Japan, India & Australia: @Chellaney writes.
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Thanks to #Biden's Afghanistan blunder, India now confronts a #China-#Pakistan-#Afghanistan alliance: @Chellaney speaks to Navika Kumar on The Newshour Debate @TimesNow timesnownews.com/videos/time…
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“China’s territorial aggrandizement in the South China Sea and the Himalayas … has been accompanied by stealthier efforts to appropriate water resources in transnational river basins.”: @Chellaney quoted by @HalBrands
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We are pleased to share our policy document for the new govt, ' #PolicyChallenges2019_2024' With contributions from scholars in every discipline at CPR, this special series explores how India can navigate key policy questions in the 21st century. [THREAD]
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